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Chicago Shootings

April 21, 2016

The number of people shot in Chicago this year passed 1,000 this week, a grim milestone as gun violence in the city continues at a pace not seen since the 1990s. The city reached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday, when 13 people were shot over 14 hours, including a 4-year-old boy hit in the foot…

April 18, 2016

Three people were killed and more than 30 were injured after a Bloody weekend across the city. Two of the youngest victims of gunfire where, a 1-year-old girl that was shot in the neck while she was riding in the car with her family in the city’s Austin neighborhood and a 13 year old boy…

April 18, 2016

At 4:51 am Sunday April 17th two men ages 22 and 23 were shot walking on the side walk next to the Marathon Gas station at Ashland and Eire. The Two men were each shot in the leg they were picked up by a passing motorist and rushed to the hospital both men are in stable condition, both shooting victims are documented gang members and the shooting is believed to be gang related. The shooter or shooters are still at large.

April 18, 2016

At 415 am Sunday April 17th three men robbed a 30 year old man of money and jewelry, according to CPD the man was shot three times, he was hit in the left arm, left hand, and left ankle, this happened on the 6300 block of King drive. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital and is in stable condition. The shooter or shooters are still at large.

April 17, 2016

On Saturday evening around 10:15pm a 38 year old man was standing on his front porch in the 6900 block of South Damen Avenue in the West Englewood Neighborhood, when someone pulled up in a dark colored sedan leaned out the window and fired shots at the man, spraying his front porch with bullets they then sped off. The man was hit in both arms, and the man refused treatment from paramedics on the scene. The shooter left at least 25 spent bullet casings strewn down the street. The shooter or shooters are still at large.

April 16, 2016

A 1-year-old girl was shot in the head while riding in the back seat of a car Friday afternoon in Austin on the West Side.

They were driving west in the 5400 block of West Le Moyne when someone in a passing silver vehicle fired 6 shots at the car around 4:45 p.m. A bullet went through the trunk and back seat, hitting the girl in the head.

The driver took the baby to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. She was transferred to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, Relatives say they think she’ll be okay but there is no official word yet on her condition.

April 15, 2016

On Thursday August 14th a 22 year old woman and a 23 year old male were shot at around 9:40pm walking down the 5600 block of Corcoran Street in the Austin Neighborhood, suddenly they heard multiple shots fired and felt burning pain immediately realizing they had been shot. The 22 year old female was shot in the left arm and grazed in the lower back, the 23 year old male was shot in the abdomen; both were taken to Stroger hospital in stable condition. The shooter or shooters are still at large.

April 14, 2016

The social media accounts of a 16 year-old who was shot and killed by police show a young man appearing to celebrate gang culture. In one image, Pierre Loury is seen holding a handgun. The caption reads: “I really be wanting to kill n—– but I gotta maintain.” Eyewitness News has learned Chicago police detectives…

April 10, 2016

Five people were injured in a shooting when they left a party bus in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood April 7, 2016, after celebrating a birthday. More than fifteen shots were fired at the victims as they were getting off the bus in the 2200 block of East 70th Place about 2:10 a.m. The bus driver…

April 4, 2016

A Northwest Side bouncer has died following a weekend shooting. 51-year-old Angel Ortiz was working late Saturday night at Brudder’s Bar and Grill at Addison and Pulaski when someone outside the bar fired shots. Ortiz was hit in the head by a bullet that went through the window of the bar. Witnesses tell us he…

April 4, 2016

According to Chicago Police at least 11 people have been wounded in shootings since late Sunday morning. On Sunday April 3rd at 9:00 p.m a 20-year-old man was shot riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in the 6400 block of South Richmond Street, in the Marquette Park Neighborhood, two gunmen suddenly appeared from out of…

April 2, 2016

According to Hey Jackass the shootings in Chicago have claimed 132 lives and left 698 people wounded on the Bloody Streets of Chicago leaving a grand total of 830 total shootings. Homicides and shootings have increased drastically in the first three months of 2016. The 132 homicides so far represent an 84 percent increase over…

April 2, 2016

A 17 year old boy was shot in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side on Saturday morning, Chicago police said. The teen was in the 500 block of North Mayfield Avenue at 10:20 a.m. when a dark blue van pulled up and stopped, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman. The driver got…

March 31, 2016

Shootings left at least two men dead and 12 others wounded since Wednesday morning across the city, according to police. A man was killed and another man was wounded in Logan Square, about 6 p.m., in the 3100 block of West Wabansia Avenue. A 25-year-old shot in the head and neck died at Stroger Hospital…

March 28, 2016

In a public service video filmed at his school in Austin last year, Zarriel Trotter talked about how violence was wreaking havoc on his West Side neighborhood. “I don’t want to live around my community, where . . . people keep on getting shot, people keep on getting killed,” Zarriel, now a seventh-grader at Catalyst…

March 27, 2016

Three boys were among six people wounded in shootings since Sunday afternoon on the West and South sides, authorities said. The most recent shooting happened at about 9:20 p.m. in Englewood, police said. A 16-year-old boy was in the 6700 block of South Sangamon Street when two males came out from an alley and shot…

March 25, 2016

A man was killed, another man wounded and a woman was hit by a car during a fight at a club in Chatham on the South Side, police said. The two men, 29 and 32, were in the 50 Yard Line Sports Bar & Grill at 69 E. 75th St. around 1:40 a.m. when they…

March 25, 2016

The gun used in the shooting of three Chicago police officers last week has been linked to a former Chicago officer who later joined a police force in the northern suburbs, the Tribune has learned. Chicago police now are trying to figure out how the gun — originally purchased by a man who until Friday…

March 23, 2016

Two people were wounded in a shooting this afternoon on Chicago’s South Side. Police say the victims were in a car in the 5400 block of S. Loomis around 2 p.m. when an occupant of an approaching car fired shots. At least one bullet struck a nearby daycare center. No one from the center was…